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Canterbury Carnival 1938

Canterbury Carnival 1938

Taken in 1938 by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.

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Digging Trenches

Digging Trenches

Taken in September 1938 at the time of the Munich Crisis by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker,

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Canterbury Golf Fire

Canterbury Golf Fire

Taken in 1938 by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.

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All Saints Church Demolition

All Saints Church Demolition

Taken in 1938 by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.

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Armistice Day

Armistice Day

Taken in 1938 by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.

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Parachute in Canterbury

Parachute in Canterbury

Filmed in the early 1930s by Robert Ramsay, an aristocrat who lived in Bekesbourne at Howletts Mansion.

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St Bede’s School

St Bede’s School

This school was situated on the site of the Canterbury Health Centre on the Old Dover Road. It was filmed by Sydney Bligh in 1939.

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Northgate Motorbikes

Northgate Motorbikes

Produced by keen amateur filmmaker, Tony Wright who was a member of Canterbury Cine Club for many years. He ran the stamp shop in Northgate in Canterbury

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Canterbury in the 1960s

Canterbury in the 1960s

Shot in the early 1960s by Peter Mills who started making films in 1951 when he got a 9.5mm camera for his 21st birthday.

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